Not There Yet

This was the semester that gave me me back. From a lakeside engineering retreat to finally joining my dream rocket team, working retail, and taking a soul-resetting trip to Banff — this was my quiet comeback. But it came with lessons. Honest ones.  Here are 5 of the 6 that shaped that term: Your environment will either shrink you — or awaken you. Start before you’re sure. There’s power in earning...

I came from 40°C sun to -30°C silence. In this episode, I open up about the semester that broke my body, blurred my mind, and introduced me to something I never expected in friendships — toxicity. It's not just my story, though. If you've ever felt disconnected in a crowd, emotionally cold in a room full of people, or like the drama around you wasn’t even yours to begin with… this one’s...

Back in school, I was the all-rounder.  Known for leading, creating, and being everywhere but the classroom — because I was always doing something. Then I moved to Canada.  I was excited. I made friends, settled into my dorm, and did well in classes. For a while, life looked good. But two months in, something shifted. I realized I didn’t feel like me . I had gone from being someone everyone knew…...

🎙️ “I’m your host — Khan Ayaan Abdulla. And this is what you might want to know.” Welcome to Not There Yet — a podcast for anyone who’s in the middle of figuring things out. This is not about success stories. It’s about the in-between.  The doubts, the reboots, the quiet rebuilds.  The messy process of becoming. I’m a mechanical engineering student, an artist, and just a young guy trying different...